This now standard student reference has been totally revised and updated. It remains the definitive introduction to the history, philosophy, and methodology of human geography.

The book is organized into five sections:

An historical overview of the discipline and an explanation of its organization; with more on the growth of spatial sciences, Geographical Information Systems, and ways of representing the world

An examination of geography from Antiquity to the early modern period

An analysis of paradigm shifts in geography, the philosophy of science, and the quantitative revolution;

A critical discussion of positivism, empiricism, structuration theory, realism; as well as an introduction to core themes and concepts in current geographical thought including space, place, and post-modernism

A review of global processes and local responses, from economic globalization to global environmental change

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Language Notes:

Text: English, Swedish (translation)

Review:

This book is well written (and translated) and the basic ideas are clearly presented>>>> (Journal Of Geography)

Not only students but also older geographers and others will profit from reading a work of such clarity and good sense...>>>> (Scottish Geographical Magazine)

From the University of Bergen has come a second edition of Holt-Jensen's useful and well-regarded guidebook to the history of Geographic...This revised and enlarged second edition takes into account new research in geography, and for the historical geographer there are nuggets which are accessible via the volume's Subject Index.>>> (Dr. R. M. Newcomb)

From the University of Bergen has come a second edition of Holt-Jensen's useful and well-regarded guidebook to the history of Geographic...This revised and enlarged second edition takes into account new research in geography, and for the historical geographer there are nuggets which are accessible via the volume's Subject Index. (Dr. R. M. Newcomb)

This book is well written (and translated) and the basic ideas are clearly presented (Journal Of Geography)

Not only students but also older geographers and others will profit from reading a work of such clarity and good sense... (Scottish Geographical Magazine)

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Descripción SAGE Publications Inc, United States, 2009. Paperback. Estado de conservación: New. 4th Revised edition. Language: English . Brand New Book. Now in a fourth edition, this standard student reference has been totally revised and updated. It remains the definitive introduction to the history, philosophy, and methodology of human geography; now including a detailed explanation of key ideas in human geography s post-modernist and post-structuralist turns . The book is organized into six sections: What is Geography?: an introduction to the discipline, and a discussion of its organization and basic research approaches, informed by the question what difference does it make to think geographically? Foundations of Geography: an examination of geography from Antiquity to the 1950s, with a special focus on human/environment relation.Geography 1950-1980: a critical review of the development of geography as a spatial science.Paradigms and Revolutions: an analysis of paradigm shifts in geography, introducing students to key debates in the philosophy of science.Positivism and its Critics: a detailed discussion of positivism, critical theory, humanistic geography, behavioural geography, and structuralism.New Trends and Ideas developing critical responses: structuration theory, realism, post-structuralism, post-modernism, feminism and actor-network theory. This text explores complex ideas in an intelligible and accessible style. Illustrated throughout with research examples and explanations in text boxes, questions for discussion at the end of each chapter and a concept glossary, this is the essential student companion to the discipline. Nº de ref. de la librería AAU9781412946506

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